Taiwan-1982: Train Moving Down Some Tracks At A Normal Speed

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationTaiwan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 Taiwan

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Train Moving Down Some Tracks At A Normal Speed — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Taiwan in 1982 shows a dark green passenger train moving at a normal speed along railway tracks. Shot from a stationary viewpoint, likely from a window, the train passes by with its windows and carriages clearly visible. The scene includes overhead electrical lines, gravel ballast, and distant hills under an overcast sky. The film exhibits characteristic grain, color fading, and slight motion blur typical of analog home movie footage from the era, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-20th century rail transportation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122798988

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1805 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1982
Reel-level location note: hong kong,taiwan
Date: 1982 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Taiwan Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip suits documentary or educational productions needing 1980s East Asian rail infrastructure footage, particularly for Taiwanese or regional transit history segments.
Period detail: Dark-painted passenger carriages, catenary wire configuration, and concrete platform markers are consistent with Taiwan Railway Administration rolling stock in service during the early-to-mid 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a stationary trackside or platform position, this is an unscripted traveler's record of a passing train — the incidental footage visitors and tourists routinely captured.
What appears in frame: Dark multi-carriage passenger train, overhead catenary wires and support poles, gravel ballast, parallel steel rails, concrete platform edge post, distant hills, overcast pale sky, film-edge artifact.
Film character: Characteristic 8mm grain, muted color palette with a cool-blue cast, and mild motion blur on the moving carriages give the footage the texture of mid-1980s amateur color film stock.
Edit role: Works as a transitional cutaway or establishing insert in a travel or transportation documentary, or as a memory beat in a personal or social history narrative about East Asian rail travel.
Historical context: Rail travel was a primary mode of inter-city transport in Taiwan in the early 1980s; the dark-livery passenger stock visible may reflect state-operated rolling stock of the period, though specific class identification is unconfirmed.
Research note: No individuals, minors, or identifiable private property are visible; the train is public transportation infrastructure, but researchers should independently verify any specific rolling-stock identification before editorial use.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1980s Taiwan train, vintage East Asian railway, 8mm train passing, analog film rail transportation Asia, or Taiwan Railway 1982.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Taiwan 1982 clips from the same reel; then with 1980s East Asian transportation footage; then with archival rail or station scenes from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dark-painted passenger train passing on electrified tracks in Taiwan, circa 1982, filmed on 8mm from a stationary trackside or platform position. — Passenger train passing on electrified tracks, Taiwan, 1982.

Dark-painted passenger train mid-pass on an electrified Taiwanese railway, circa 1982, filmed on 8mm with catenary infrastructure clearly overhead. — Train mid-pass, electrified railway with catenary wires, Taiwan, 1982.

Rear section of a Taiwan passenger train nearing end of its pass, electrified rail infrastructure and distant hills visible, circa 1982 8mm footage. — Train tail section passing, electrified track and hillside backdrop, Taiwan, 1982.

Tail end of a Taiwan passenger train departing frame, revealing open electrified track and a distant structure, circa 1982, shot on 8mm. — Train clears frame, open electrified track and distant structure revealed, Taiwan, 1982.

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